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MR. WOOD FIELD
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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1454 OF 18 OCTOBER, 1979
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO WOO FIELD, HOME OFFICE, FROM GOVERNOR.
MY TILNO 1427 OF 13 OCTOBER REFERS.
1. I HAVE JUST HAD A TALK WITH THE UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE HERE AND TWO POINTS HAVE EMERGED WHICH HAVE A BEARING ON YOUR VISIT.
2. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD DRING WITH YOU PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE U.K. CAMPS OCCUPIED BY THE VIETNAMESE AND OTHER PICTURES OF VIETNAMESE ENJOYING LIFE IN U.K. THIS WOULD HELP WITH PRE- SELECTION, WHERE REFUGEES CONTINUE TO HAVE A FREFERENCE FOR RESTTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA.
3. THE U.K. QUOTA IS A MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE OUTFLOW OF REFUGEES IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS. I SHOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE DESIRABILITY OF U.K. MAINTAINING A REFUGEE SELECTION OFFICER IN HONG KONG FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THIS SEEMS PREFERABLE TO PERIODIC VISITS EVERY QUARTER OR SO. IN THIS WAY YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN PRE-SELECTION FROM THE OUTSET, WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM POTENTIAL SETTLERS AS THEY ARISE AND ALSO INDICATE TO OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES AND THEIR CONSULATES AND COMMISSIONS HERE THAT VERY ACTIVE STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO SELECT AND FILL THE U.K. QUOTA.
MACLEHOSE
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